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[jfort]

here is the original plus the adapter

[jfort]

sorry for being so fuzzy. here is the original fitting. still won't fit into either the SS hose or the black hose. the diameter of the hose fitting is too small for the car/caliper fittings. don't know why what is in car differs from what suppliers expect. But, I found a place in Toledo that can make DOT hoses while you wait and they seem to have every fitting known to man. I will go there in the morning and hopefully get hoses that fit.

[PeeGreen 914]

I have installed those same lines with no problem. Weird (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[jfort]

yeh, it's weird. also, it looks like the two ends of the hoses, both SS and black, are different. but on my car, both car fittings are the same -- although neither end of the hoses fits. car has obviously been modified by a PO. S alloy calipers are nice, but this sure is a hassle

[ArtechnikA]

well - that's just whack...

get some normal M10x1.0 European 'bubble flare' to replace whatever the DAPO did to the hardline between the strut and the caliper, and you should be OK.

[jfort]

OK, you guys, I figured it out this morning at a breakfast with my friend and mechanic, Tab Tanner. I am surprised that this learned group didn't figure it out cause it's clearly visible from the (fuzzy) photos. THERE ARE TWO ADAPTERS connected to the hard line. The one actually connected to the hard line replaces the standard hose fitting. The standard hose fitting clips to the strut and car and the hard line screws into it. A PO, apparently trying to connect some shitty SS hoses, installed the two adapters to make that work. So, now, I can't wait to get home and puts this back together. And, by the way, I'll be installing the black rubber hoses.

[PeeGreen 914]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) Glad you figured it out.

I wouldn't call the SS line shitty. You need to inspect all lines regularly and replace them every now and again whether they are rubber or SS. I have replaced both types of lines on cars that have blown.

[jfort]

they were shitty SS hoses. very thin couplings. not at all like the ones i got from PP. also, for what it's worth, i couldn't get a hard pedal after four attempts at bleeding, 3 with pressure bleeder and one the old fashioned, two person way. Tab saved me again. I didn't know that on the alloy, six, calipers there are TWO bleed screws. duh. That did the trick. all is well. heading out it the teener now.